Carlson wasn’t home. His wife reportedly thought it was a home invasion and called the police.

Some of Carlson’s biggest targets – including CNN reporters and Stephen Colbert – came to his defence on Twitter.

But other critics are unmoved, pointing out that Carlson defends policies that separate children from their parents.

Some of the people who Tucker Carlson criticises most are coming to his defence after an anti-racist group protested outside his house Wednesday night.

CNN journalists, including Ana Navarro and Oliver Darcy, as well as “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert and Washington Post columnist Erik Wemple, all denounced the protestors. Carlson has ridiculed all of their work on his Fox News show, and many of them have criticised Carlson themselves in the past.

Some of Carlson’s biggest targets criticised the protestors

Fighting Tucker Carlson’s ideas is an American right. Targeting his home and terrorizing his family is an act of monstrous cowardice. Obviously don’t do this, but also, take no pleasure in it happening. Feeding monsters just makes more monsters.

This behavior is way over the line. Going to someone’s home, breaking their door, and terrorizing their family is unacceptable. It’s also extremely counterproductive if your interest is actually in reducing his influence. https://t.co/6isCJZIwvC

Don’t like someone on TV? Turn it off, change channel, let their advertisers know, tweet them ur opinion. But come on, don’t show up at their home & scare their kids. -> “They were threatening me and my family’: Tucker Carlson’s home targeted by protesters https://t.co/IiOIUz0G1F

ON TUCKER CARLSON: I've spent 20 years fighting the destructive lies and spin of rightwing media but showing up at @TuckerCarlson's home and trying to intimidate his family is NOT what being a Democrat or progressive (or American) is about. Especially when media are under threat.

Tucker Carlson is a terrible person. Also, if we want to challenge his racism and turn him into the pariah he should be, this – making [email protected] perceived victim of a left wing mob – is a really bad strategy. https://t.co/Wz9dqGKzQy

Tucker Carlson's life work is to make it easier for the police to drag tens of thousands of people from their homes put them and their children in cages and send them back to often certain death in their countries you do not have to defend his doorbell getting pushed in rudely. pic.twitter.com/zTBMHUnfSO